Pennsylvanians paid the 10th highest state-local tax burden in the U.S., according to a report released by the Tax Foundation, Washington, D.C., Wednesday.

This means how much residents pay to their own state — and to other states divided by total income.

Residents of the Keystone State paid 10.3 percent of their collective incomes in state and local taxes, over the national average of 9.8 percent. The average Pennsylvanian paid $3,224 in taxes to the commonwealth and $1,150 in taxes to other states, which adds up to $4,374, and had income of $42,268, 20th highest in the country.

The report, which used 2011 data, said state-local tax burdens as a share of state incomes decreased on average, largely driven by the growth of income in all states. New York led the list with the highest percentage of income at 12.6 percent. Wyoming was at the bottom at 6.9 percent.

The Tax Foundation used data from the Census Bureau, Rockefeller Institute, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Council on State Taxation and Travel Industry Association in its study.

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